Joseph Eaton, 34, is accused of killing Cynthia and David Eaton, of Florida, and Bob and Patti Eger, who lived in the home in Bowdoin where the bodies were discovered Tuesday.
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Man accused of Bowdoin killings had just been released from prison
The day before Joseph Eaton is accused of fatally shooting his parents and two family friends, he took to Facebook to lament his struggles and question why people ‘claim to be Christian and can’t forgive somebody or understand what they go through.’
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Suspect arrested after shootings leave 4 dead in Bowdoin, 3 wounded on I-295
State police say 34-year-old Joseph Eaton of Bowdoin has been charged with murder. Investigators are still processing multiple crime scenes in southern Maine.
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Portland man who killed sister’s boyfriend to wait months for decision on new trial
Mark Cardilli Jr., who shot and killed 22-year-old Isahak Muse in 2019, hopes a Cumberland County Superior Court judge will vacate his manslaughter conviction and grant him a new trial.
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Mothers plan to appeal 2nd dismissal of wrongful death suit in teens’ killings
U.S. District Judge Jon Levy once again rules that Biddeford officers are not at fault for the 2012 murders of Derrick Thompson, 19, and Alivia Welch, 18, citing qualified immunity for police.
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Boothbay Harbor man charged with attempted murder after lengthy standoff
Police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Plummer at an apartment complex in Boothbay Harbor early Monday morning, more than 10 hours after Plummer allegedly shot a man in a nearby parking lot.
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Sherman Street shooting suspect pleads not guilty
Tristin Chamberlain, 21, was charged in December with murder in the death of Tyler Flexon, 26.
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Panel that reviews police shootings urges greater use of ‘yellow flag’ law
Maine’s Deadly Force Review Panel has examined 20 shootings by law enforcement since its creation in 2019.
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Murder trial begins, again, for Gardiner man accused of shooting former friend, nearly cutting off the hands of another
The murder trial of Dylan Ketcham, 23, began, for the second time, on Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. His first trial was declared a mistrial in September.
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Maine attorney general says officers were justified in 3 separate shootings
The shootings occurred in Limerick, Lewiston and Newport. The AG’s office has never found an officer-involved shooting in Maine to be unjustified.